FINNEY1973
Senior Retro Guru
Found a Giant TCR Pro Compact for nominal monies (<£100) and have always fancied having one. Came as frame / fork / headset & seatclamp - chances of finding original wheels etc. pretty slim & lengthy timescales so I thought I'd build this out of spares that are not in use.
Seatpost I bought from the forum so that's £25 and had to buy some ergo's at £50 which came with some Cinelli bars - bargain. The stem (Giant EXT pro) was on a Trek I gave to a mate about 4 years ago - soon snaffled that back by swapping it for a Cinelli I had knocking about. Bartape at £5 and that's the outlay - everything else was sat in boxes.
Not much else to say - 9 speed Campagnolo - Mirage / Athena / Chorus / Veloce and Dura-Ace cassette & chain. Shifts pretty decently, just 5th/14th that doesn't click in that well, to be expected though it's better than I thought it would be.
There's still my own personal issue with the forks ( viewtopic.php?f=12&t=265062&start=0 ) and I have got a pair of 2nd generation Giant forks that I think my end up on the bike.
A bit of a runt in comparison to the other TCR's that have been on here recently, may do something more long-term with it one day but for now it'll be something for steady rides without any heavy braking!!!
Seatpost I bought from the forum so that's £25 and had to buy some ergo's at £50 which came with some Cinelli bars - bargain. The stem (Giant EXT pro) was on a Trek I gave to a mate about 4 years ago - soon snaffled that back by swapping it for a Cinelli I had knocking about. Bartape at £5 and that's the outlay - everything else was sat in boxes.
Not much else to say - 9 speed Campagnolo - Mirage / Athena / Chorus / Veloce and Dura-Ace cassette & chain. Shifts pretty decently, just 5th/14th that doesn't click in that well, to be expected though it's better than I thought it would be.
There's still my own personal issue with the forks ( viewtopic.php?f=12&t=265062&start=0 ) and I have got a pair of 2nd generation Giant forks that I think my end up on the bike.
A bit of a runt in comparison to the other TCR's that have been on here recently, may do something more long-term with it one day but for now it'll be something for steady rides without any heavy braking!!!